Windows 10: OneDrive keeps un-checking my "Save space and download files as you use them"!

Discus and support OneDrive keeps un-checking my "Save space and download files as you use them"! in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Quite annoying. Every month or so my D: drive fills up because all of my OneDrive files are being downloaded to my local OneDrive folder. I look at... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Kevin Remde, Aug 15, 2019.

  1. OneDrive keeps un-checking my "Save space and download files as you use them"!


    Quite annoying. Every month or so my D: drive fills up because all of my OneDrive files are being downloaded to my local OneDrive folder. I look at OneDrive settings and, sure enough, the "Save space and download files as you use them" option is UN-CHECKED. I have to re-check it and go through and "free up space" on a few dozen folders.


    OneDrive keeps un-checking my "Save space and download files as you use them"! a82a2302-c70f-43f1-b45e-7c3823eb46b3?upload=true.png


    Why is this happening? It's definitely a bug.

    :)
     
    Kevin Remde, Aug 15, 2019
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  2. Download from Onedrive to Save Files on PC

    Hi!

    I have just moved over 500 GB of picture files from my old PC to a new PC using OneDrive. It took a couple of days for the files to download from OneDrive. They now sit on the OneDrive folder on my new PC - only they don't. Every time I open a picture
    file I see a message saying downloading file from OneDrive. If I check the properties of the Pictures Folder within the OneDrive folder it shows I have some 435 GB of 503 GB saved on disk. This suggests that not all parts of the files have been download.

    I want to save the files from OneDrive on my C: drive in Pictures folder. What is the best way to do it? Do I Copy or Move the files in the OneDrive folder?

    All suggestions welcome.

    Thanks, Nick
     
    Nick Baldwin, Aug 15, 2019
    #2
  3. Utilities that I run can no longer automatically save files to my OneDrive

    Hi Alan,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    To set OneDrive as your default location to save your documents and files, follow the below steps.

    1. Click on the OneDrive icon from the Taskbar area > Click on the menu button (three-dots) on the top-right corner > Click on
      Settings > Go to the Auto Save tab.
    2. Using the drop-down menu, select OneDrive for
      Desktop
      , Documents, and Pictures and click on
      OK.
    3. Once you complete the above steps, restart the computer once and try saving the files generated from utilities and check if it is saving in
      C:\Users\myname\OneDrive\Documents folder.

    If you are still facing the same issue, then I suggest you to contact OneDrive support for further assistance on this issue by following the below steps.

    • Login to
      https://onedrive.com/
      .
    • Click the ? Help icon on the top banner of the page.
    • Select Email OneDrive support for the further assistance.
     
    Shafeeq_Khan, Aug 15, 2019
    #3
  4. Tatty_One Win User

    OneDrive keeps un-checking my "Save space and download files as you use them"!

    Saves log files ?

    You can either read the files in Windows or my preferred method is.....

    Download CCcleaner from here...........

    CCleaner Professional | Try the world’s most trusted PC cleaner, free!

    You can then run cleaner, you will see the log files listed, then if you right click you can save as a text file and then have a read. You may also get an "error reporting" log listed seperatly.
     
    Tatty_One, Aug 15, 2019
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